Works for me.

Have you ever seen masons working with cement? When the work is almost done, they mix a gray cement and sand with water and plaster it on the constructed/repaired portion. Then they use this block of wood to smoothen it. They do it so lovingly, as if caressing the cement and the water. It's slow work and they begin from one end and work towards the other. Somehow it's very soothing to watch it. During my Xth boards, they were constructing this parking lot over what once used to be our playground. As the sun would beat down, they would keep smoothening the surface with cement. And when each individual square would finish, they would take a break. It was so satisfying to see each square perfectly smoothened. Then the dark wet cement would dry and turn a slight gray colour. Weirdly fascinating.